possible teen father, need advice!!!!

I am a 20 year old male college student waiting tables trying to make it through school. I am a very honest and loving male and very responsible as well as respectful. I have a seventeen year old girlfriend who i love more than anything and we are afraid we might be exspecting. Although we have yet to find out, i thought it be best to start preparing. If the hype is true, what should i start preparing for? Finacially, is there things i should start doing to prepare? Should i forget about college? How do i look her father in the eye!? Please, i am a good guy who may have made a mistake or a blessing, where should i start if it is true?

I am a 20 year old male college student waiting tables trying to make it through school. I am a very honest and loving male and very responsible as well as respectful. I have a seventeen year old girlfriend who i love more than anything and we are afraid we might be exspecting. Although we have yet to find out, i thought it be best to start preparing. If the hype is true, what should i start preparing for? Finacially, is there things i should start doing to prepare? Should i forget about college? How do i look her father in the eye!? Please, i am a good guy who may have made a mistake or a blessing, where should i start if it is true?

I'm 23 (was 22 when I got my positive pregnancy test) and I know the first thing I did was research finances - I looked online to figure out the cost of bare necessities to get before the baby arrives....I researched different websites to try and figure out what a baby on average costs a month. And the we started saving as much as we could. It wasn't too much, but it adds up. Reach out to others, be there to support her if you are indeed expecting, and prepare for the hormones.

You've got a great head start by even reaching out to the people here!

Good luck, let us know what happens! I'm always here if you need to talk or have questions!

I'm 23 (was 22 when I got my positive pregnancy test) and I know the first thing I did was research finances - I looked online to figure out the cost of bare necessities to get before the baby arrives....I researched different websites to try and figure out what a baby on average costs a month. And the we started saving as much as we could. It wasn't too much, but it adds up. Reach out to others, be there to support her if you are indeed expecting, and prepare for the hormones.

You've got a great head start by even reaching out to the people here!

Good luck, let us know what happens! I'm always here if you need to talk or have questions!

you are a sweet kid. dont worry everything will fall into place. my best advice is if you arent... use better protection. and if you are then (sounds horrid) dont marry her if you dont love her. If you do great. dont quit school i am preggo , work 2 jobs and school and have a home to maintain. it is alot and it gets stressful but you will work it all out!

you are a sweet kid. dont worry everything will fall into place. my best advice is if you arent... use better protection. and if you are then (sounds horrid) dont marry her if you dont love her. If you do great. dont quit school i am preggo , work 2 jobs and school and have a home to maintain. it is alot and it gets stressful but you will work it all out!

Stay in school!!!!!! Don't panic, make a plan, find a support group family,friends, or church. If you attack the situation, by leaving school, you will chop yourself at the legs. Education has proven to increase your earning potential. Children are not cheap. So be strong and when you find out for sure, we will lead you thru this.

Stay in school!!!!!! Don't panic, make a plan, find a support group family,friends, or church. If you attack the situation, by leaving school, you will chop yourself at the legs. Education has proven to increase your earning potential. Children are not cheap. So be strong and when you find out for sure, we will lead you thru this.

First of all, get your girlfriend to take a pregnancy test to see if she's expecting or not. If you are, stay in school and just be there for her. Everything will fall into place and i'm sure you'll have lots of advice from your family.

If you find out you're not expecting...be more careful! Use protection so that another scare won't happen.

First of all, get your girlfriend to take a pregnancy test to see if she's expecting or not. If you are, stay in school and just be there for her. Everything will fall into place and i'm sure you'll have lots of advice from your family.

If you find out you're not expecting...be more careful! Use protection so that another scare won't happen.

Figure out when her next period should start, and you can usually find a test that will check up to 4 days before that period 'should' start.

And if it's positive, first of all, take the time to smile and enjoy... yeah, it may not be planned, and you two may not be ready, but a baby is a blessing! And it sounds like you're not a jerk of a guy and will make a good dad. :0) I'm glad that you're thinking about how to responsibly take care of this possible baby.

I have a friend who got married right out of high school, and they had a 'surprise' pregnancy almost right off the bat. He dropped out of college and worked at a factory and has been going to school part time since then. He's a great dad, and they love their daughter so much, (and now baby #2), but it's been hard for him to do triple duty - work, school, family time. He just graduated this month (yay!) but it's been a long and hard road for the two of them. I don't know what your situation is, whether part time school would work for you, or if you can manage to finish school before a full time job... it can be done, but it take work.

Let us know what's up. :0) Best of luck!

Figure out when her next period should start, and you can usually find a test that will check up to 4 days before that period 'should' start.

And if it's positive, first of all, take the time to smile and enjoy... yeah, it may not be planned, and you two may not be ready, but a baby is a blessing! And it sounds like you're not a jerk of a guy and will make a good dad. :0) I'm glad that you're thinking about how to responsibly take care of this possible baby.

I have a friend who got married right out of high school, and they had a 'surprise' pregnancy almost right off the bat. He dropped out of college and worked at a factory and has been going to school part time since then. He's a great dad, and they love their daughter so much, (and now baby #2), but it's been hard for him to do triple duty - work, school, family time. He just graduated this month (yay!) but it's been a long and hard road for the two of them. I don't know what your situation is, whether part time school would work for you, or if you can manage to finish school before a full time job... it can be done, but it take work.

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